In the second paragraph, the two commas in the last sentence serve which of the following purposes?

d) she is both terrified and excited by the idea of returning to school.

a) she takes one day at a time.

d) she felt like she was an object of ridicule.

d) she tells her daughter not to worry about it because things will get better.\

b) elnora needs money for books and out-of-town tuition. she will raise the money herself.

hm, switch the relative; nominative and indefinite; objective ? not too bright in the knowledge of the english.